Iranian dissident director Jafar Panahi wins the Palme d'Or top prize at the Cannes Film Festival. The latest film from the 64-year-old, 'It Was Just an Accident', tells the tale of five ordinary Iranians confronting a man they believed tortured them in jail. Panahi, who was banned from making films in 2010 and has been imprisoned twice, used his own experiences in jail to write the screenplay.
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00:12Akinola, congratulations.
00:14Thank you so much.
00:27I'm not just for myself, but for many of the Iranian filmmakers.
00:36I hope to use this road.
00:39They don't realize that they don't know how to deal with each other.
00:45They don't know how to deal with each other.
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